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CIL3.2 The Future of Catalogs: Roy Tennant and Andrew Pace

Date March 24, 2006

Having found a seat near an electrical plugin, I’m able to once again take some notes [note to self: turn laptop off *before* you put it into your bag].
I’m just waiting for the session to start. This will be the first I’ve heard Andrew (and Roy for that matter) speak since NCSU launched […]

CIL 1.4: Federated Search - Lessons Learned

Date March 22, 2006

Frank Cervone (Northwestern U):
900 users of Metalib and 500 users of MySpace. People seem to know what to use it for - although the term “metasearch” means absolutely nothing to anyone. People use metasearch for keywords, and for the beginner, it gets them into the literature. For the advanced researcher, it exposes them to databases […]

Book Talk

Date January 11, 2005

Kenton and I braved the cold last night to down to a theatre close to where he lives to see and Douglas Coupland speak. On the drive home from work, I had heard an interview on CBC with Coupland, author of Generation X (among a number of other books that sit upon my book shelf), […]

Testing 1 2 3 4

Date October 8, 2004

I’m thinking about getting back to blogging about library life sometime soon. Stay tuned for further library geek updates.

US Navy tries blogging for team communication

Date January 2, 2004

Yet another example of blogging making its way into organizational communication strategies… ScienceDaily News Release: Blog, Blog, Blog: The Navy Tests Web Logging For Team Communications
Blogging, or keeping a weblog, is often seen as a solitary effort. An individual can type frequent updates onto their log, sharing opinions or ideas with anyone with Internet access. […]

802.11G Round-up

Date October 30, 2003

I came across a good posting for those looking at G as a possible wireless option either at work or at play.
PC World outdoes itself with comprehensive 802.11g round-up: This set of articles from the November 2003 issue, posted several days ago, compares a host of consumer 802.11g equipment, performing lab-based tests — and finding […]